Thursday, March 31, 2011

It is finally here! The Major League Baseball season begins today here in the United States. Baseball is by far my favorite sport and my Phillies are looking to have the best starting pitching rotation in the history of the sport. I am expecting nothing but another World Series victory from the Phightin' Phils. In honor of the start of the MLB Season, I present to you:

Pitch and Catch

There are a few items within the game that allow you to play catch with another character. Some of these items are quite rare and can fetch a nice price on the auction house or by barking in the trade chat channel. Let's go over these items together, where they are from, and then I'll add in a little bit of my own speculation. So this is still a gold making post to guide you on this opening day of baseball season.

These are the items within World of Warcraft that you can use to play pitch and catch.

Voodoo Skull - Comes from within the Zul'Aman raid. This is thrown at a party member once you aggro the group of trolls playing with this Voodoo Skull. I have sold a few of these on the auction house after I was done farming Zul'Aman for the Mojo pet and the Sealed Scroll Case.

Haunted Memento - Can no longer be obtained. This Haunted Memento was only available during the Scourge Invasion at the end of Vanilla WoW. These sell for a heft price on the auction house as possessing one in your bags causes the Ethereal Black Haunting to follow you around.

Etheral Essence Sphere - An option for purchase from the Soul Trader companion which comes from the TCG Loot Code.

All of these items can be thrown to another play and if they have room in their bags, they will catch it. The item will then appear in their bags and can be thrown back.

Tossing Around Some Thoughts

The Haunted Memento is a great item to snatch up if you find it for a few hundred gold or less. Relisting it on the auction house can earn you a sale of 1000+ gold for this unobtainable item. These become more and more rare as players quit the game.

Just as the Haunted Memento is no longer available, the Voodoo Skull may see a similar fate. The Zul'Aman Raid is being renovated into a 5 man dungeon in Patch 4.1. Will there be more Voodoo Skulls inside the new dungeon re-vamp? If it is removed from the game, then the value of the existing Voodoo Skulls will increase.